spouted

past tense of spout

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spouted That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday. Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026 There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026 Kirk often spouted toxic right-wing rhetoric, including anti-gay and Islamophobic views, as well as antisemitic conspiracy theories. Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Management claimed that the refund was already being processed when the customer became verbally aggressive and then the situation escalated when the customer allegedly spouted explicit death threats at the employee. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026 One time that Sanford spouted off about his grievances against the church was at a wedding 13 years ago, one of the friends said. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The other 41% of the posts spouted antisemitic abuse, such as dehumanization of Jewish people or attacks on their character. Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Fireworks spouted directly beyond the stage where the president and others spoke, which had online critics questioning the need for them. Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025 Hot disputes between nations over cross-border water have lately spouted like geysers. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouted
Verb
  • Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.
    Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile in Boston, England huffed and puffed but could not blow Ghana away.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
    Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sleep was beginning to finally visit the insomniacs and drunkards of T—in central Manila when a commotion louder than the usual domestic squabbles erupted from the room above Mang Calixto’s bakery.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Medics rushed the worker to Bellevue Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As health officials pointed to a Mexican processing plant run by Taylor Farms as the source of a parasite sickening Americans, the giant produce company rushed to defend itself.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The pilot safely ejected and is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • It has not been confirmed whether the pilot was auto-ejected.
    Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2025, the data center plans were discussed publicly in Westlake during a January town council meeting and during planning and zoning meetings which were live-streamed and have archived video, according to Westlake’s statement.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Many of those who had streamed into the capital after Wangchuk was forcibly removed from Jantar Mantar in Delhi had endured long train journeys.
    Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Bernadette tells Stuart and Kripke that she was expelled from the guild for using her powers during the strike to bring her neighbor’s son’s adorable rescue dog Chocolate Chip back to life after he was hit by several cars.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Those shells were likely expelled during turbulent bouts of mass loss shortly before the explosion, giving astronomers an unusually detailed view of the star's final stages.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That atmosphere spewed, in part, out of a simple change in tools.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Brown water suddenly spewed from the equipment, shooting into her mouth and eyes.
    Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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“Spouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouted. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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